MEMORIAL DAY

MeMorial Day

2017 Memorial Day Ceremony • North Dakota Veterans Cemetery 1825 46th Street, Mandan

Program begins at noon, May 29, 2017

Keynote Speaker: Staff Sgt. Louis Hanson 164th Infantry Regiment THEME: “164th Infantry Regiment - 75 years of Honor” OPENING REMARKS: Col. Britt Hatley, Emcee POSTING OF THE COLORS: • American Legion Loyd Spetz Post #1, Bismarck • American Legion Gilbert S. Furness Post #40 & Veterans of Foreign Wars Harry L. Kidd post #707, Mandan • American Legion Albert Grass Post #173, Fort Yates • American Legion Matthew American Horse Post #259, Cannonball • AMVETS Post #9, Bismarck • Bismarck Mounted Police • Dakota Leathernecks Detachment • Disabled American Veterans Post #3, Bismarck • Native American Women Warriors • Standing Rock Vietnam Veterans Association • Veterans of Foreign Wars Gilbert N. Nelson post #1326, Bismarck • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9061 & Ladies Auxiliary, Berthold & Mandaree • Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter #150, Bismarck NATIONAL ANTHEM: Mr. Clyde Bauman MEMORIAL DAY PRAYER: Bishop David D. Kagan, Bishop of Bismarck WELCOMING REMARKS: Senator John Hoeven Senator Heidi Heitkamp LT. Gov. Brent Sanford Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, N.D. National Guard Adjutant General

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North Dakota National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team FLAGS RAISED TO FULL STAFF: Military Veterans CLOSING PRAYER: John E. Flowers, North Dakota National Guard RETIRING OF COLORS: Organizations

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Staff Sgt. Louis Hanson

Louis Hanson, age 97, was born in Jud, N.D. Louis was raised on a family farm and attended Jud public schools. At age 17, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in Sequoia National Park, California and Middle River, Minn. Louis volunteered for the U.S. Army on April 25, 1941 and became a member of the original 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division. Louis served more than four years on active duty and is credited with over 600 days of combat operations during WWII. He served at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Leyte, Cebu, Negros and the Philippines. Louis was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1945. Louis married Kathlene Wilmart in 1947 and farmed for three years in Adrian and Montpelier. After graduation with a four-year Louis Hanson vocational agricultural degree, Louis purchased a farm in Winfield Township and farmed there for 34 years. Louis was simultaneously employed by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center near Jamestown for 16 years. Louis’s wife Kathlene died in 1997 and his son Robert, a Vietnam Veteran, passed away in 2015. Both are interred at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Louis is a life member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, 164th Infantry Association, Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy and National Active and the Retired Federal Employees Association. Louis enjoys golf, rodeos, fishing, wildlife and traveling. Any time spent with family, friends and a worn-out deck of cards, makes his day complete.

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